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Friday, October 30, 2015

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
wants to be a horror movie, a comedy, a coming of age tale, and a story of
friendship put to an extreme test. It wants to be a kind of
anti-Goosebumps, a zombie comedy for stoned teenage boys for
whom the peak of humor is another teenage boy clinging to a undead cock to
avoid falling out of a second story window.

Monday, October 26, 2015

If you’re one of the many people who bemoan the current
state of cinema where each and every movie gets remade, even if it’s only a few
years old. Back in 2011, Gareth Evans’ The Raid kicked the
action movie world in the face, and because American audiences are too lazy to
read subtitles, an English-language remake has been in the works ever since.
But, thankfully, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen any time soon as it
lost its director, star, and distributor.

Friday, October 23, 2015

If you can’t get enough of The Raid star
Iko Uwais — and let’s be honest here, he’s quickly become one of the must-watch
action movie badasses in the world — you’re going to be getting a lot more of
him shortly. And he’s just lined up another project we can’t wait to see,
called Headshot.

Marvel and Netflix absolutely killed it earlier this year
when they teamed up for Daredevil, and next month they’re
back at it with Jessica Jones. After their previous outing,
it’s easy to be optimistic about their next venture, even though it’s not one
quite as many people are familiar with. But a new trailer just showed up, and
it looks completely awesome.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Before seeing it I had a sneaking suspicion, but now that
I've actually watched the movie, I'm fairly certain that The Last
Witch Hunter was made specifically for me. The Vin Diesel-starring
fantasy adventure is gonzo and over the top in a way you rarely encounter
anymore, especially in expensive mainstream movies, but it lines up damn near
perfectly with my cinematic proclivities.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

I don’t know if you’re aware, but there’s a new Star
Wars movie on the way—it’s kind of a big deal. Well, Star Wars: The Force Awakens dropped a new trailer last night, and I can
still barely make words. Just watch it for yourself, that’s what I’m going to
do, again. And probably again after that.

Monday, October 19, 2015

Tonight we get our first look at the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, which is an exciting prospect. Sure, we’ll
probably walk away with more questions than answers, but what the hell, new
Star Wars footage. Just to tide you over until then,
however, over the weekend Lucasfilm revealed a new poster and three short
clips, presumably footage from the trailer. Check them out below.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

As the protagonist of the film would say, Guillermo del
Toro’s Crimson Peak isn’t as much a ghost story as it is a
story with ghosts. More than a horror movie, it’s a melodramatic gothic romance
mystery, and it’s as unusual and compelling as that sounds.

Steven Spielberg directing Tom Hanks in a Cold War-era
espionage thriller with a script by Joel and Ethan Coen; what about that
description is not worth getting excited about? That’s all most people really
need to hear about Bridge of Spies to decide whether or not
it’s a movie they want to see, and while it isn’t a bad film by any stretch of
the imagination, those stellar pieces never come together like they need to, or
like they could have.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

In 2012, Quentin Tarantino gave the world a crash
introduction to Django with his revenge western DjangoUnchained, but the character goes back much further than that.
Originally appearing in Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 spaghetti western,
Django, the film launched a legendary 100 unofficial
sequels—including Unchained. This number is obvious
hyperbole, but there are 30-something accounted for, which is a ton of badass
westerns. And we’re getting another one, with the original Django, and from an
Oscar-nominated filmmaker.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Any time Bong Joon-ho makes a movie, it’s well worth getting
your panties in a bunch over. The guy is a goddamned hit
factory—Snowpiercer, Mother, The
Host. But when he makes a monster movie, one with an insanely great
cast, that’s the kind of thing that gets you dancing around the room in giddy
anticipation.

Monday, October 5, 2015

It’s damn near impossible to accuse Scream Factory of not
giving it their all for ever single one of their releases, and such is the case
with their Collector’s Edition Blu-ray of Wes Craven’s 1991 horror flick
The People Under the Stairs. In the wake of the horror
director’s death, it’s admittedly rather difficult to write about the work of
the late horror master. Perhaps I watched too many of them at too young an age,
but his films had, and continue to have, a huge impact on my life and cinematic
tastes—his films are a big part of why I fell in love with cinema in the first
place.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

While I was less than enthused with Eli Roth’s latest
addition to the cannibal movie sweepstakes, The Green Inferno, there’s another on the way that I’m rather psyched to see.
Bone Tomahawk is a very different take on the subject
matter, trading in do-gooders being devoured by a jungle tribe for the
trappings of a grim revenge western. The movie recently premiered at Fantastic
Fest and now a new trailer has hit the airwaves.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to be James Bond, and in 38
years, that hasn’t changed much, even though I’ve come to realize he’s a
basically a sociopath. After Skyfall, I’m rather pumped up
for Spectre, and with the release just over a month away, the
final trailer for the world’s most well known spy is here for your perusal.
Take a look below.

Thursday, October 1, 2015

In recent days, getting excited over a Ridley Scott film has
become a dicey proposition. Exodus: Gods and Kings was just
terrible; The Counselor was meh to the highest degree, even
with that bonkers car-humping scene; and while I dig Prometheus
(despite myriad programs, it’s a gorgeous, moody film), it’s a hugely flawed
movie. Still, it's hard not to feel at least a twinge of glee when the guy
behind Alien and Blade Runner makes a
sci-fi movie, and his latest, The Martian, is a movie you
should be stoked about, and it ranks among the year's, and the director’s best.